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The Canada Day celebrations in Mansfield will have a performance by renowned recording artist, Martin Deschamps, winner of Félix Prizes in Quebec. The country group Xception should also be in Mansfield as the opening act. Canada Day will be held on June 30 at Amyotte Park in Mansfield. More details to come.

Maniwaki, April 19, 2018 – On February 22 at the Théâtre St-Denis in Montreal, UNIS Montréal Day was held, a unique event bringing together speakers and recognized artists to thousands of young people who came to celebrate a year of being proactive in transforming communities and changing lives. Tyler La Salle, a high school student […]

Pontiac MP William Amos issued a Facebook post this week talking about the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). The post stats that the CCB is a program that provides a tax-free monthly payment to families to help them meet their needs. The benefit makes a real difference for Pontiac families by providing more support to low- […]

More than $ 2 million is being handed out to 73 municipal organizations by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Minister of Public Safety and Minister responsible for the Montreal region, Martin Coiteux. He announced that $ 2,060,919 has been budgeted for 2017-2018 for the completion of 73 projects within the framework of […]

The National Assembly unanimously adopted the bill to amend the Highway Safety Code. Many new rules take effect today, while others will come into force gradually. They aim to raise the awareness of each road user to act with caution and respect. Bill 165, introduced by the Minister of Transport, Sustainable Mobility and the Electrification […]

MRC Pontiac’s marketing commissioner, Jérémi Vaillancourt, give us the list of must do activities this weekend weekend in the region. For more information on these activities, visit the Pontiac Tourism Facebook page.

At the meeting of mayors at the Pontiac MRC on Wednesday evening, the council adopted the resolution to set up volunteer recognition awards at a regional level. Jane Toller; The awards ceremony will be held in May. In the meantime, municipalities in the MRC are invited to nominate a person, group or organization that will […]

Le Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais invites job seekers to participate in its 1st Job Fair in the Pontiac area. “BeauBouleau Day” will be held on Thursday, April 26 from 2 to 7 pm at the Employment Center located at 1290 Highway 148 in Campbell’s Bay. This job fair […]

Response from William Amos, MP for Pontiac, concerning the Canada Summer Jobs Program; The Government’s Canada Summer Jobs program gives valuable summer work experience to tens of thousands of students each year by providing wage subsidies to employers who apply for funding. Since taking office, our government has doubled the funding for this program to […]

The CLSC Pontiac Foundation is organizing a dinner & dance party on April 21st to raise funds for its services. One of the organizers, Anne Amyotte-Bertrand, spoke to CHIP about the details of the evening to be held at 5 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fort-Coulonge. Mme. Bertrand hopes that this fundraiser […]